Tennessee / Finance and Administration / Commissioner 3
Job-title file
Lead staff and operations — set priorities, allocate resources, and oversee program delivery.
1 employees hold this title in Finance and Administration. Median total compensation for the role is $288,888, above the department median of $95,658.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in Tennessee, the median wage for Chief Executives — about 4,700 people — is $198,830. Finance and Administration pays a median base salary of $288,888 for this role, 45% above that figure — about the 71st percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Chief Executives across every employer in Tennessee, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Finance and Administration’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Chief Executives — about 204,350 people — is $213,990. Finance and Administration’s median base salary is 35% above that national figure, about the 63rd percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Tennessee range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Finance and Administration is $288,888, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare departments
Commissioner 3 is held in 7 Tennessee departments. In Finance and Administration, the median of $288,888 ranks #1 of 7.
Median total compensation for the Commissioner 3 role in other Tennesseedepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 11 jurisdictions. In Tennessee, the median of $243,468 ranks #2 of 11. See Commissioner across all of Tennessee →
Median total compensation for comparable Commissionerroles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.
Record list
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Commissioner 3/Finance and Administration
Source-specific fields
James Bryson is a Commissioner 3 at Finance and Administration within Commissioner. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $288,888.